Quincho Barrilete is an all-girl orphanage on the Island of Ometepe.  It is home to ten girls ages eight to eighteen all of whom have been sexually abused.  These girls were taken out of their horrific family situations and placed in this government run orphanage for their own protection.  Unfortunately, Quincho has been abandoned by the Nicaraguan government.  When discovered by missionaries, Helen Vindas and Mike and Joan Vilasi, the orphanage was in shambles.  The facility was deteriorating and there was literally no food in the cabinets.  In a little over a year the conditions at Quincho have improved greatly due to  donations.  Missionaries Mike and Joan Vilasi now help run the orphanage.  Multiple renovations have occurred at Quincho.  Recently the facility has been fenced in providing additional safety for the girls and the retention wall at the lake has been reinforced.  There is currently a psychologist, who works with the girls daily.  The older girls are given sewing lessons twice a week and everyone helps in the garden. Quincho still requires numerous repairs and the cost for the girls to live there totals over $1500 per month.  Quincho's next project is to redo the laundry area and bathrooms early next year.